Our Way of Giving
Chief Maquinna
Once when I was in Victoria, I saw a very large house. They told me it was
a bank,
and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and
that by and
by they got it back, with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such
bank; but when
we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and
people,
and by and by they return them, and our hearts feel good. Our way of
giving is our bank.
A Native American reflects on Thanksgiving.
http://www.bruderhof.com/articles/keeler-thanksgiving.htm
Source: Maquinna, Nootka chief, early 19th Century
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